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![Drones can play an important role in a number of areas, including making the U.S. safe, improving crop yield and safeguarding the environment.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/drone%20tip.png?h=83ab5d97&itok=gyOl65df)
With the creation of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Center (http://uasresearch.ornl.gov), Oak Ridge National Laboratory makes available tools and capabilities with applications in environment, energy
![New transparent conductor made from more earth-abundant elements promises lower cost solar cells and displays. New transparent conductor made from more earth-abundant elements promises lower cost solar cells and displays.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Clear%20advantages%20-%20ramki%20tip.jpeg?itok=sM-tQdhI)
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
By studying hospital occupancy rates in hospitals of countries where data is readily available, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers hope to further refine their population distribution and dynamics work. For this effort, researchers are focusing on night and day population de...
![The entanglement between the two beams of light enables researchers to resolve trace signals from the plasmonic sensor that would otherwise be undetectable. The entanglement between the two beams of light enables researchers to resolve trace signals from the plasmonic sensor that would otherwise be undetectable.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/03%20extending%20limits%20tip_2.jpeg?itok=E9ksy4Y2)
![This ORNL-developed map depicts different classes of vegetation canopy structure in the Tennessee portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This ORNL-developed map depicts different classes of vegetation canopy structure in the Tennessee portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/04%20mapping%20forest%20tip.jpeg?itok=SFhhvvdV)
![ORNL's open-source software mines for insights in Big Data, enabling timely detection of useful information such as fraud within a healthcare service provider network. ORNL's open-source software mines for insights in Big Data, enabling timely detection of useful information such as fraud within a healthcare service provider network.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/05%20patterns%20tip.png?itok=csoE8y5G)
![This is an example of the decorative pattern formed on a surface of an austenitic alloy single crystal. This is an example of the decorative pattern formed on a surface of an austenitic alloy single crystal.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/06%20steel%20tip.jpg?itok=Dz5dMZli)
Steel unlike any forged in the last 2,000 years will be in the spotlight at the TMS 2016 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Feb. 14-18 in Nashville.
![Cantilever schematic: Schematic representation of the atomic force microscope interacting with the material surface. (Credit: Rama Vasudevan, ORNL) Cantilever schematic: Schematic representation of the atomic force microscope interacting with the material surface. (Credit: Rama Vasudevan, ORNL)](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/cantilever-schematic%5B1%5D_0.jpg?itok=kM_EpMlx)
![By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions. By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/front_page_slide_assets/2015-P07524.jpg?itok=MEy22Na3)
With the production of 50 grams of plutonium-238, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have restored a U.S. capability dormant for nearly 30 years and set the course to provide power for NASA and other missions.
![Sheng Dai of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Sheng Dai of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2012-P00020.jpg?itok=Yu9q1lL2)
Sheng Dai of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named to a list of the most highly cited researchers in the world. Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers is an annual list that recognizes some of the world’s leading